NEW DRAGON QUEST Wii - No its not DQ X -

[trestres]

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

trestres said:
Famitsu president expects 5 million units of MHP3 sold, that's not based of a poll, but probably from their analysts and Capcom's internal members. Where did I contradict myself anyways?

Okay, now I have to ask where said person made such a statement.  Because I've never seen any lone person in Famitsu come out and make such bold perdictions.  And you seem to be putting a lot behind this one person and his single prediction about a not yet released game, yet downplaying their prediction that Dragon Quest IX will sell 5 million.  Which is it?  Are they right or wrong...or just right about the one game you want them to be right about?  Which again, isn't out yet.

And you contradicted yourself by stating that Monster Hunter was going to be more popular than Dragon Quest with the release of the next game, than backpeddled and stated Dragon Quest was more popular but Monster Hunter is mearly gaining momentum.  Thereby pretty much dissolving your whole point that sales = popularity.  I'd like to point out that if sales = popularity, Monster Hunter has a long way to go before it catches up to Dragon Quest.

I would like to repeat the point I made back then.  Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest appeal to similar markets.  And just because Monster Hunter sells well doesn't mean it'll overtake the established fanbase of Dragon Quest or future Dragon Quest games will sell less copies.  That's like saying because Modern Warfare broke sales records, future Halo games will do worse.  It doesn't work that way.

ElGranCabeza said:
What are the chances of this coming to the US?

Probably slim to none as the game is a port of a game that was only in Japan to begin with.  And SquareEnix pretty much gives the series the cold shoulder outside of Japan as it is.

RED here AND I never heard of that 5 million DQ quote before it was brought up to the thread, that's why I said Famitsu's track record isn't impecable, still Famitsu knowing that DQIX won't be going over 5 million has made a prediction of 5 million for MHP3, which means that according to them, MHP3 will sell more than any other DQ before.

First Bolded: I never backpeddled, I still think MHP3 will sell more copies than any other DQ game has ever sold before, show me where I supposedly backpeddled. Plus where in that statement you made do I contradict myself?

2nd bolded: In total sales, yeah, maybe because DQ has started 20 years ago? Of course MH has ways to go before it catches up, and it may never do so considering the time advantage DQ has. But right now, MH is really close to DQ in popularity and that's what counts. If a game in a series manages to sell X quantity and a game from another series manages to sell Y quantity, if Y is bigger than X then it means that it's more popular, doesn't matter how popular it was 20 years ago. For example you can easily say now that FF is less popular than MH. Perhaps the public is more aware of the brand, but MH is more popular as it will end in more people's hands. We will find out who is right when MHP3 releases, I think we are going in circles here.

3rd bolded: I never claimed that.